Classics · ThoughtfulAdela Quested and Mrs. Moore travel to Chandrapore, India, where Adela is considering marrying Mrs. Moore's son
A Passage to India
Two Englishwomen travel to a city in British India
Adela Quested, a British schoolmistress, and her elderly friend Mrs. Moore travel to Chandrapore, an Indian city, where Adela is considering whether to marry Ronny Heaslop, Mrs. Moore's son and the city magistrate. The main characters also include Dr. Aziz, a young Indian Muslim physician, and Cyril Fielding, a British college principal. It is set in British India in the 1910s and 1920s, during the British Raj and the rise of the Indian independence movement. Edward Arnold in the UK and Harcourt Brace in the US published it in 1924.
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Who
Dr. Aziz, Cyril Fielding, Mrs. Moore and Adela Quested.
World
British India in the 1910s and 1920s, during the Raj.
What makes it different
It is set as India's independence movement grows. It won the 1924 James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
Feel
Reflective and tense.
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Further reading
- A Passage to IndiaWikipedia